This workshop seeks to explore innovative perspectives on digitalculture and the study of digital culture. Our concern is to focus ondeveloping forms of theorizing, critiquing, understanding andresearching digital culture, forms and practice. Our intention is tocontribute to emerging work responding (1) to ‘new’ new mediatechnologies of all kinds, and (2) to respond to developments in mediaresearch on technology and innovation.

We invite contributions of all kinds, but suggest proposals for papersmay fall into three main areas. Each relates to theories, practicesand methodologies of innovation. They are:

1) Digital Media and the senses. This may include work on or relatedto enhanced reality, locative media and virtual worlds.2) Creative practices and participation in new media. Here we areparticularly concerned with discussing concepts of participation,co-creativity, co-design or co-innovation in creative processesinvolving audiences and independent creators in a wide spectrum ofactivities including art, photography, video, videogames.3) Digital research and education in digital culture.This would seekto explore innovative theoretical and methodological approaches indigital media studies as well as innovative teaching tools.

The workshop develops concepts and ideas developed at the previousDigital stream workshop ‘Revisiting Digital Theories’ – our goal inexploring innovative forms of media culture is to do so withinframeworks that are capable of thinking through technological andcritical innovation whilst also recognizing the connection of bothwith earlier forms.

Please submit an extended abstract (500 words max.) by the 6th of June2011 (and clearly stating which topic section you would like to submitthis to) to: ecreadigitalculture@gmail.com

Venue: Centre d'Estudis i Recursos Culturals, Barcelona (Spain)

Keynote speakers:

Rosalind Gill, Centre for Culture, Media and Creative IndustriesKing’s College London